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Old 02-21-12 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by hamfoh
scrod I cannot get rid of some play in my headset. it seems to be coming from the top dust cover area. I took off the stem, spacers and cover and then put them all back on and tightened down nice and good and I can still get a little bit of 'lift' when I pull up on my handlebars. any ideas? I have next to no experience installing headsets, it was done by a LBS. it's an FSA threadless headset if that matters
Do you have enough of a gap between the top of your steerer and top cap? It should be a minimum of 3mm.
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